ORGANIZERS of BARBADOS OPEN WATER FESTIVAL

Zary Evelyn of Barbados Open Water Festival

Zary Evelyn
Co-Director, Barbados Open Water Festival.

Zary is a well known Event Director. His passion for Sports Management started with the successful Barbados Open Water Festival launched in July 2013.

Following the success of this Swimming Festival which has become a globally known open water event, a passion to develop Sports Tourism in Barbados led him to take the learning and experience promoting the Barbados Open Water Festival and apply it to the Run Barbados Marathon Weekend Series since June 2015.

Further expansion into Sports Management in Barbados will see involvement in other Sporting Organizations, assisting them to develop and promote their events worldwide.
With over 28 years experience as an Entrepreneur in Barbados, Zary also offers a Barbados Beach House experience at Bath Beach that combines options of lunch, hiking, kayaking or just relaxing on the rustic east coast of the island.

Kristina Evelyn of Barbados Open Water Festival

Kristina Evelyn B.Eng, MBA
Co-Director, Barbados Open Water Festival.
Kristina has been a lifelong sports enthusiast, representing Barbados in tennis & squash on the international stage, from age ten. She transitioned into Sports Tourism Marketing & Management in 2013 after a career in Engineering and Real Estate Advisory.
Since 2018 she has also worked with ultra-endurance athlete, Cameron Bellamy, assisting with public relations, social media management, strategic journalist outreach, charitable efforts and as support crew during endurance feats. Her own sports resume includes: placings in Run Barbados races, wins in multiple local & regional tennis championships, numerous gold Medals at the regional CARIFTA level, National Champion in Tennis & Squash, Central American & Caribbean Games & Commonwealth Games rep. for squash, three-time Caribbean Over 40 Squash Champion, leader of the Junior Development Squash Program in Barbados and Past President of the Barbados Squash Association. As Co-Director of the Barbados Open Water Festival since 2013 and an Organiser of Run Barbados Marathon Weekend Series her focus has been on the global promotion of these Sports Tourism projects utilising comprehensive integrated digital marketing campaigns, as well as the planning and executing of these international sports events.